Calendar-holder.



No. 658,5!0. Patented Sept. 25, l900 W. S. RUSSELL.

CALENDAR HOLDER.

(Application filed Nov. 18, 1899. !No Model.)

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UNiTE WINFIELD S. RUSSELL,

on NEW YORK, N. Y.

CALENDAR-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658.510, dated.September 25, 1900. Application filed N0ven1ber18, 1899- Serial No.737.413- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, WINFIELD S. RUSSELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York ancLState of New York,have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Oalendar-Holders,of which the following is a full and complete specification, such aswill enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to calendar-holders, and has for one object toprovide a simple, cheap, readily-constructed, and efiective device bymeans of which a calendar of that type which embodies a plurality ofloose sheets may be held with the sheets in proper consecutive relation,but freely movable thereon, whereby each sheet may be turned over asfast as used, a secondary object of the invention being to provide sucha device as will occupy but little space, whereby the calendar andholder may be conveniently carried or sent through the mails, and atertiary object of the invention being to provide an attach-. ment orshield to conceal the contents or face of the calendar, particularlywhen it isa memorandum-calendar.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement ofparts hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, inwhich like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in theseveral views, Figure 1 is a plan view of a calendar provided with aholder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same,shown in vertical position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thecalendar-holder disconnected from the calendar, and Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the detachable shield forming part of the invention.

In the practice of my invention I construct from a single strip or rodof wire two parallel yokes A, which yokes, considering the calendar tobe in the horizontal position shown in Fig. 1, will range verticallywith their curved or rounded portions ct above the surface of thecalendar or paper sheets B, which are provided withregistering-apertures b at either side thereof near the upper edge toreceive therethrough the arms A of the yokes, which arms are formed bythe free ends of the rod or wire from which the device is constructed.The rear arms A of the yokes A"are at a point parallel with the freeends of the arms A directed inwardly to form short bars or shoulders c,from which they are directed forwardly and outwardly to form diagonalarms d, diverging to approach and approximately meet the free ends ofthe arms A. These diagonal arms d are connected at their forward ends byan integral cross-bar e, the central portion of which is bent rearwardlyto form an W f- The calendar is connected with the holder by insertingthe arms A through the apertures Z) of the various sheets after theyhave been duly arranged in their consecutive or chronological order,this being preferably done in the manufacture or rather assembling ofthe device, the arms then being brought level of the desk and rest upontheshort bars 0 and adjacent portions of the diagonal arms 01. Byreference to the plan view shown in Fig. 1 it will be readily observedthat after these sheets or any of them are turned over then if thecalendar be lifted by the yokes A the short bars 0 and the diagonal arms61 will prevent the turned-over sheets from falling down beneath thecardboard strip B. In case the calendar is desired to be hung upon awall or other vertical surface it may be suspended in the position shownin Fig. 2 by hanging upon a nail through the instrumentality of the eyef, which in this position of the calendar projects upwardly, asbestshown in Fig. 3.

I have also shown in the drawings i-n Figs.

1, 2, and 4 a detachable shield or guard O, which forms part of myinvention and possesses material advantages in connection therewith.This shield or guard is formed either of cardboard orany other preferredmaterial and of any suitable length. In. the drawings I have shown it asof equal length with the calendar-sheets B. In either side of the guardor shield 0, near the upper edge thereof, are formed inwardly-rangingslots g, terminating at their inner ends in apertures g, through whichpass the arms A. This shield when turned over will form a supplementarybase for the turned-overleaves and may by reason of the slots 9' bedetached from and reinserted into position upon the arms A,

whereby constantly to conceal the tempora;

rily-uppermost sheet of the calendar, so that any memoranda written uponthe same shall not be visible. The advantage of this device will bemanifest.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A calendar-holder, constructed of a single pieceor rod of wire formed into two parallel yokes, the forward arms of whichrange forwardlyand are adapted to receive the calendar-sheets thereon,the said wire or rod being projected inwardly from the lower ends of therear-arms of the yokes to form shoulders and being then projectedforwardly to form diagonal arms meeting the forward arms of the yokesand being connected together therebetween.

2. The combination with a calendar-holder which comprises resilient armsor members, a plurality of calendar-sheets connected therewith; of aremovable guard or shield provided with notchesin the opposite sidesthereof which are adapted to engage the said arms or members and coverthe calendar-sheets,

whereby said guard or shield is secured in position, but is movablethereon and detachable therefrom.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 15th day ofNovember, 1899.

WINFIELD S. RUSSELL.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, V. M. VosLER.

